Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered

201/260Most of the great flame-throwers were there and naturally, handlingBig John de Conquer and his works. How he had done everythingbig on earth, then went up tuh heben without dying atall. Went upthere picking a guitar and got all de angels doing the ring-shout roundand round de throne. Then everybody but God and Old Peter flew offon a flying race to Jericho and back and John de Conquer won therace; went on down to hell, beat the old devil and passed out ice waterto everybody down there. Somebody tried to say that it was a mouthorgan harp that John was playing, but the rest of them would not hearthat. Don’t care how good anybody could play a harp, God wouldrather to hear a guitar. That brought them back to Tea Cake. Howcome he couldn’t hit that box a lick or two? Well, all right now, makeus know it.When it got good to everybody, Muck-Boy woke up and began tochant with the rhythm and everybody bore down on the last word ofthe line:Yo’ mama don’t wear no DrawsAh seen her when she took ’em OffShe soaked ’em in alcoHolShe sold ’em tuh de Santy ClausHe told her ’twas aginst de LawTo wear dem dirty DrawsThen Muck-Boy went crazy through the feet and danced himselfand everybody else crazy. When he finished he sat back down on thefloor and went to sleep again. Then they got to playing Florida flip and